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Ask: HAMs within 5 miles of N9TPB · Extra class operators in Madison, WI · or try N9TPB · K9* wildcards · Smith, John · 0004797601 (FRN) · 53703 · Madison, WI · old CB calls like KHC1939 or 18Q3518 (1962–63 CB call books) · (205) 546-1767 (1990s CB directory phones)
WA9EQW HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Oct 24, 2019.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Oct 24, 2019
Previous holder: MARION J DREW
Held WA9EQW Feb 2, 1988 → Oct 23, 2017
· first licensed Feb 2, 1988 as WA9EQW
· 1 license · FRN 0016750630 📖 In the printed callbooks since 1962 as WA9EQW, before the FCC's online records
WA9EQWExpiredGeneralFeb 2, 1988 → Oct 23, 2017 (expired)
From the FCC amateur database as published on the QRZ! callsign CD-ROMs, 1993–2003, before and alongside the FCC's online records (which start in 1999). "Seen" dates are the first and last disc showing that record; the issue date is the FCC's, so it can be a renewal of an even older license.
Seen Mar 9, 1998 → Apr 17, 2003 · 11 discs WA9EQW
· General · issued Oct 23, 1997, expires Oct 23, 2007
MARION J. DREW
RR 1, MC LEANSBORO, IL 62859
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → Apr 4, 1997 · 8 discs WA9EQW
· General · issued Feb 2, 1988, expires Feb 2, 1998
MARION J DREW
RR 1, MC LEANSBORO, IL 62859
Address history
From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.
Seen Nov 7, 2004 → Nov 1, 2026 · 52 snapshots · as WA9EQW
MARION J DREW
RR 1, MC LEANSBORO, IL 62859
From scanned copies of the printed callbooks (government lists from 1913, then the Radio Amateur Callbook to 1997), read by OCR, so names and streets can carry typos. Each line is one or more editions in a row showing the same name at the same address.
1980 → 1983 · 3 editions WA9EQW · class G
Marion J Drew Rfd 1, Mc Leansboro, IL 62859 Winter 1980 p.1021, Winter 1982 p.1067, Winter 1983 p.1101
1977 · 1 edition WA9EQW · class C
Marion J Drew Rfd !, Mc Leansboro 62859 Il Winter 1977 p.633
1976 · 1 edition WA9EQW · class C
Marion J Drew Rfd 1, Me Leansboro 62859 Il Winter 1976 p.584
1974 · 1 edition WA9EQW · class C
Marion J Drew .rfd I, Mc Leansboro 62859 Ll Winter 1974 p.580
1973 · 1 edition WA9EQW · class C
Marion J Drew R F D 1, Mc Leansboro 62859 I L Winter 1973 p.581
1972 · 1 edition WA9EQW · class C
Marion J Drew Rfd L, Mc Leansboro 02859 Il Winter 1972 p.581
1971 · 1 edition WA9EQW · class C
Tommy R Allen 610 Old Jeff City Rd, Fulton 652sj Mo Fall 1971 p.18
1971 · 1 edition WA9EQW · class C
Marion J Orew Rfd 2, Dahlgren Winter 1971 p.577
1962 → 1969 · 5 editions WA9EQW · class C
Marion J. Drew Rfd 2, Dahlgren Ill Fall 1962 p.517, Summer 1963 p.538, Spring 1966 p.516, Fall 1967 p.561, Summer 1969 p.560
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WA9EQW in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WA9EQW beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.